Hello Gainesville Ocala Israeli and Folk Dancers,
This Sunday is an unusual, extra Contra Dance, with the Elftones. After the Contra Dance come over to Hustle! at 308 West.
Join our intimate group for Israeli Dancing at 7:00 on Mondays at B'nai Israel.
Or go to 308 West for English Country Dancing, with a live band, nice turn out of people and easy enough for everyone.
The Brazilian Cultural Exchange brings Capoeira Luanda and authentic Brazilian Samba to 308 West on Tue, Wed, Thur and Sat. Next Saturday March 5 they have a special guest Samba teacher visiting from 1 to 3. See the schedule for Samba at Gainesville's Dance Calendar.
www.DanceCalendar.info/u/event.asp?idarea=19
After Samba on March 5, come back to 308 West for your First Saturday Night of the Month Gainesville Swinging Soul Dance Party. Bring someone new and come for free. If you are new, bring someone else and get in two for one.
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178549702187755
Happy Dancing,
Andy
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Schedule: confirm all programs before going
1. Friday 2/25 - International Folk Dancing
2. Sunday 2/27 - Contra Dance
3. Sunday 2/27 - Hustle!
4. Monday 2/28 - English Country Dance
5. Monday 2/28 - Israeli Circle and Partner Dancing
6. Tuesday 3/01 - Line Dancing
7. Wednesday 3/02 - Israeli Dancing at Kol Simcha
8. Saturday 3/05 - Swinging Soul Dance Party
Article: Salsa Means Spicy
Article: All You Ever Need to Know About Relationships Can be Learned in a Dance Class
Other:
Gainesville Capeoira at 308 West - Tue, Wed, Thu and Sat. See www.GainesvilleDance.com/DanceCalendar.aspx
Clogging in Gainesville - on Sunday afternoons. www.FirstKlassKloggers.com
Contra Dancing in Melrose - first and third Wednesdays of the month at Shake Rag Art and Culture Center. Susie Rudder calling. Live music. $5. Corky Culver, sisorbit@windstream.net
Step Dancing with Piper Call. www.PiperCallDance.com
Volunteer to help out and get into dances and classes for free.
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Quotes:
- Eccelesiastes assures us, there is a time to dance. ~ Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack in Footloose
- No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. ~ Robert Southey
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1. Friday 2/25 - International Folk Dancing
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34 Street
8:00 - 11:00
$3, $1 students
Jack Seltzer, 352-359-2903 gainesvilleifd@gmail.com, www.gifd.org
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2. Sunday 2/27 - Contra Dance
Thelma Boltin Center, 506 NE 2 Ave
3:30 - 4:00 : Lesson
4:00 - 7:00 : Contra Dancing
$8
Beginners lesson a half hour before the contra dance starts. No partner needed.
Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor.
Susie, 352-466-9150, $8, $5 under 21
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3. Sunday 2/27 - Hustle!
Gainesville Dance and Music Association, 308 W University Avenue
7:00 - 8:00 : Beginners Hustle!
8:00 - 9:00 : Intermediate Hustle!
9:00 - 9:30 : Advanced Hustle!
$10, $5 students
Includes Israeli dancing on Mondays
Andrew, 352-327-2378, publish@gainesvilledance.com
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4. Monday 2/28 - English Country Dance
Gainesville Dance Association, 308 W University Avenue
7:00 - 9:30
$5
Annette Merritt, flamerritt@hotmail.com
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5. Monday 2/28 - Israeli Circle and Partner Dancing
Congregation B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd
7:00 - 8:30 : Israeli Circle Dances
Starts exactly on time.
For all levels of experience. Newcomers welcome.
No partner needed.
$5 per family. Ages 22 and under free. Other students $2.
If you have financial difficulties, you can come for free.
If you attend any of my programs at 308 West, you can come here for free.
Andrew, publish@gainesvilledance.com, 352-327-3672
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6. Tuesday 2/30 - Line Dancing with Sandi Larkins
Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street
6:00 - 8:15 - Line dancing
$5
Sandi Larkins, ridesthewind@gmail.com
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7. Wednesday 3/01 - Israeli Dancing at Kol Simcha
Kol Simcha, 14007 NW 44 Ave Gainesville, FL
6:30-8:30 : Teaching and Israeli dancing
With Joseph Simpkins
352-331-3191
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8. Saturday 3/05 - Swinging Soul Dance Party
GDMA, 308 West University Ave
8:00 - 9:00 : Dance lesson
9:00 - 11:00+ : Social Dancing Mostly Slower Swing
$10, $5 Students
Starts exactly on time.
For all levels of experience. Newcomers welcome.
No partner needed.
Andrew, publish@gainesvilledance.com, 352-327-3672
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Article: Salsa Means Spicy
When I got to the Salsa Workshops, Pedro was sitting on a bench holding his head. He said, "they are too much for me."
There were dancers from Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Tampa, Georgia and a team of about 30 dressed in black and red that came up from Miami.
In front of me was a dazzling, 105 pound young woman, in black high heels, red nail polish, waves of black hair, tight pants, bulging blouse, playful Latin eyes outlined in dark mascara, a huge smile, bubbling personality, whirling through a mesmerizing complex of turns, with a combination of delicate gestures from lovely hands to a display of feminine power from untamed hips.
It was 1:30 in the afternoon.
If you were anywhere else, you were in the wrong place.
www.gainesvilledance.com/Newsletters/Articles/tabid/79/Gainesville-Dance/184/Salsa-Means-Spicy.aspx
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Article: All You Ever Need to Know About Relationships Can be Learned in a Dance Class
On the English Country Dance web page they had a link to All You Ever Need to Know About Relationships Can be Learned in a Dance Class.
www.dancefl.us/common/Relation.shtml
If only.
Good advice for your superficial cases, which many dance relationships are, but some cases are more intriguing.
A more realistic title is "More Than You Will Ever Want to Know About Relationships, You Will Learn In a Dance Class".
Karen told me she had a falling out with her friend David. Now he avoids her, so she avoids him. I find myself unable to resolve a similar situation.
I have two younger sisters and a mother. I hardly paid them any attention except to torment them. My mother said I was a collicky bady. She said I came out screaming and did not stop for a year. When my sister was born, I pushed her bassinet down the stairs. I was literally born with a nature for upsetting women.
Luckily, I come from a long family of fighters. If something bothers us, we fight. When my sister tried to run away from an argument, my dad yelled at her, "Come back here and fight like a man."
My sister was complaining to my mom about her husband and my mother told her to fight with him. She also told her to shtupt him. They have a good relationship, so it seems to work.
I had a girlfriend whose method of conflict resolution was the silent treatment. She broke up with me four times and would never tell me why. I listened to a book on tape "How to Deal with Difficult People." The author talked about 12 types, like the Liar, the Procastinator, the Verbal Abuser, the Chamelon, and he had techniques for dealing with them all, except one. The most difficult type he said was the Clam, which is the person that will not talk with you. He said there is nothing you can do with a Clam. His advice was to give up.
After one of the break ups, Ifhat, a good friend of mine got mad at me, but she said, "We have been friends a long time. I don't want there to be bad feelings between us." I had forgotten how well-adjusted people behave.
One day I got a call from Eti. She said, "Come pick me up." I went over to her brother's house and she was standing outside with her suitcases. She had a fight with her sister-in-law. She said, "I am going back to Israel." I asked her if she told them she was leaving. She said, "I left a note." I told her not to be so hasty and she could stay in my extra bedroom.
We had some big fights. If something bothered her, she could not hold it in for two minutes. You have to love that. She had five brothers who she was close too, but when her baby was born, she gave him to me to hold him at the bris. I would have preferred a seat further from the action.
I told Karen to go talk to David and make up.
I do not know if the author was right about dealing with a Clam. Nothing I have ever tried worked. Maybe writing an article will.
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